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Ella Jean MCDONALD

Ella Jean MCDONALD

Female 1896 - 1983  (86 years)

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  • Name Ella Jean MCDONALD 
    Nickname Jean 
    Born 12 May 1896  West Wail Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • BORN 'Wyn Wyn' West Wail Vic
    Gender Female 
    Education West Wail Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    West Wail State School 
    Achievements Jean's interests were dressmaking, knitting, crochet, working for the Grace McKellar Home for the Aged and the annual fete at Shannon Park Spastic Centre. 
    Health Jean's eyesight failed in the later years. 
    Occupation Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Geelong Protestant Orphanage 
    Occupation Burwood Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Kildonan Presbyterian Children's Home
    Kildonan, Burwood Vic (1937 - 1961) 
    Occupation Prairiewood NSW Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Nurse at Fairfield HospitalPrairiewood NSW 
    Residence Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jean lived with the daughter Jessie Smith in later years at 2 Meakin St, Geelong, Vic 
    Died 22 Feb 1983 
    Buried Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I-7260  Christina and Donald McLean
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2016 

    Father Alexander John MCDONALD,   b. 28 Oct 1861, Finniss SA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1937  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Jessie McDonald SHERIDAN,   b. 8 Jan 1867, Cavendish Vic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1943, Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 27 Nov 1889  Clear Lake Vic Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • born 'Clear Lake' Vic
    Occupation Yan Yean Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arab and Shetland Pony Stud at Yan Yean, north of Melbourne Victoria 
    Occupation West Wail Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Farmer 'Wyn Wyn' West Wail Vic 
    Occupation Horsham Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Farmer St Helens Plains Horsham 
    Occupation Streatham Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Jack was the manager 'Nerrin Nerrin' - a large sheep station five miles south of Streatham in Victoria's Western District. 
    Residence Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Lara Geelong Vic 
    Residence Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Myer St Geelong Vic 
    Family ID F-2374  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arthur Wellesley WHITE, Corporal,   b. 18 Jun 1896, Wimbleton UK Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Sep 1963, Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Married 3 Apr 1919  Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation Waurn Ponds Vic Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arthur & Jean operated the post office at Waurn Ponds Vic for a time. 
    Children 
    +1. Alexander Wellesley WHITE, Corporal,   b. 18 Mar 1920, Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 2011, Melbourne Vic Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)  []
    +2. J W
    +3. JR W
    +4. C W
     5. Betty Irene WHITE,   b. 4 May 1927, Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1951, Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 23 years)
    +6. PE W
    +7. Coral Jean WHITE,   b. 14 May 1933, Geelong Vic Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1970, Bibbenluke NSW Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years)  []
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2017 04:24:01 
    Family ID F-2426  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    0541 - Wedding of Ella Jean McDonald & Arthur Wellesley White - from BRB p R207.jpg
    0541 - Wedding of Ella Jean McDonald & Arthur Wellesley White - from BRB p R207.jpg

    STORIES
    5184 - Ella Jean McDonald & Arthur Wellesley White
    5184 - Ella Jean McDonald & Arthur Wellesley White
    Biography as published in the BRB in 1985 & 1995.

  • Sources 
    1. [S-245] Warren McLean - ID 1506 - family tree on MyHeritage, my heritage (with a log in), 23 May 2021 Lorna McLean Researcher.
      Jessie McDonald (born Sheridan) Birth Jan 8 1867 Cavendish Victoria Marriage to: Alexander John Wesley Andrew Mc Donald Nov 27 1889 Clear Lake Victoria Death Nov 4 1943 Geelong Victoria Burial Geelong Eastern Cemetery East Geelong Victoria